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LONDON — The body of a police officer killed in last month’s attack in London has been brought to lie in a chapel at Parliament, an honor usually reserved for senior politicians. Constable Keith Palmer was stabbed to death by Khalid Masood inside the gates of Parliament on March 22. Moments earlier, Masood had plowed

BERLIN — Hertha Berlin capitalized on its strong record at home to defeat Augsburg 2-0 on Sunday, ending its three-game losing run while leaving the visitors in the Bundesliga’s relegation zone. With 11 wins from 14 games at home compared to seven straight defeats away, Hertha would doubtless gladly play all of its games at

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has announced that a Six Flags theme park is expected to be built in a new entertainment city that will be the first of its kind in the kingdom. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says the project will also include a safari area. The kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund,

NEW ORLEANS — Judging by the current empty lots, it’s hard to imagine the Lower 9th Ward before Hurricane Katrina — a bustling neighborhood where African-American residents knew their neighbors, built their homes with their own hands and shopped at black-owned stores along St. Claude Ave. Katrina largely put an end to all that, nearly

MILAN — Inter Milan’s hopes of qualifying for Europe were dented on Sunday when it slipped to a shock 2-1 defeat at relegation-threatened Crotone in Serie A. Inter’s dreams of Champions League football next season were already over but it now faces the prospect of failing to qualify for the Europa League following a first-half

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The office of Haiti’s president is using strong language to criticize people who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling them “extremists” who must be brought to justice. President Jovenel Moise’s motorcade was targeted Friday by a group of people hurling stones in Arcahaie, a coastal town north of Haiti’s capital. There have

The NHL playoff picture with the regular season ending Sunday: WHO’S IN EAST: The Toronto Maple Leafs filled the final vacant playoff spot by beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Saturday night in dramatic fashion after losing goaltender Frederik Andersen to injury. They’ll face either the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Washington Capitals or the rival Ottawa Senators

KOKOMO, Ind. — An Indiana service dog has been given the responsibility of carrying forth the name of a local hero and comforting a family still stricken with grief. Koontz the dog has already developed a deep connection with Howard County Deputy Carl Koontz’s widow, Kassandra Koontz, and their son Noah, the Kokomo Tribune (http://bit.ly/2o1xTSV)

The gunman who shot and killed two managers at a Florida gym before turning the gun on himself had just been fired from the fitness center for workplace violence, police said Sunday. The Miami-Dade Police Department said in a statement Sunday that 33-year-old Abeku Wilson of Miami was let go from his job as a

INDIANAPOLIS — A proposed $1 per-pack hike in Indiana’s cigarette tax appears likely to fail for a second straight year, dismaying public health advocates who say a tax increase would be among the most effective ways of lowering the state’s high smoking rate and improving its dismal heath ranking. Last year, legislation died after former

TAYLORS, S.C. — A church pastor says two children are still in a hospital after a bounce house was lifted into the air by a gust of wind in western South Carolina. Officials said five children were taken to the hospital after the inflatable attraction was carried into the air about 2 p.m. Saturday at

JANESVILLE, Wis. — Authorities are stepping up patrols around southern Wisconsin churches as a precaution as they search for a man suspected of stealing firearms from a gun store after threatening to carry out an unspecified attack. The Rock County Sheriff’s Office says 32-year-old Joseph Jakubowski expressed anti-religious views in a 161-page manifesto he sent

HONG KONG — The United States may have fallen agonizingly short in their bid to win the Hong Kong Sevens but there was some consolation for the Eagles when Perry Baker finished as the tournament’s leading tryscorer. The younger brother of 2009 Super Bowl winner Dallas Baker and the nephew of former NFL player and

SUNDERLAND, England — Manchester United kept pace with its Champions League qualification rivals as it pushed 10-man Sunderland closer to relegation from the Premier League with a 3-0 victory on Sunday. Zlatan Ibrahimovic sparked United into life with a superb opener before Sebastian Larsson was sent off for a dangerous tackle, leaving space for Henrikh

INDIANAPOLIS — An Illinois-based veterans advocacy group has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Indiana’s ban on political robocalls, arguing that free speech should outweigh privacy rights. Patriotic Veterans Inc. is appealing a 7th Circuit Court ruling that said Indiana has a legitimate interest in blocking unwanted, automatically dialed phone calls, the Indianapolis

SIMIEN MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Ethiopia — Thousands of Ethiopian wolves once roamed much of this country’s mountainous north but their number has fallen dramatically as farmers encroach on their habitat and introduce domestic dogs that carry rabies. Only 120 wolves are estimated to remain in this national park and they are elusive, usually seen shortly

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s army says a soldier has been killed by an explosive device attributed to a dissident wing of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The attack took place late Saturday in the southern department of Guaviare when soldiers and police were patrolling near a highway. An army statement says three

HONOLULU — Sean Smith and his husband paid more than $20,000 for a fertility procedure when they decided to have a child using a surrogate mother. They did not know at the time that if they were a heterosexual couple, they might have saved that money. Now, Smith and other members of Hawaii’s lesbian, gay,

ST. LOUIS — The Latest on the public viewing and private service honoring rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry (all times local): 8:30 a.m. Fans young and old are filing into a St. Louis music club to pay their final respects to rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry, who died last month at age 90.

INDIANAPOLIS — Anyone seeking college financial aid in Indiana has less than a week to submit applications. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education extended the deadline by about a month, making next Saturday the final day to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA. The agency blamed troubles with a federal

ROUEN, France — Jeremy Chardy beat Kyle Edmund 6-4, 6-4 in reverse singles to give France a comprehensive 4-1 win against Britain in their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Sunday. Both players had seven aces on indoor clay at the Kindarea in Rouen. Chardy dropped his serve once and broke Edmund three times. Earlier, Dan Evans

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Authorities are searching for poachers who killed a rare one-horned rhinoceros over the weekend in the forests of southern Nepal and cut off the horn, officials said Sunday. Forest officer Nurendra Aryal said it was the first killing of a rhino in the Chitwan National Forest in nearly three years. Soldiers and

AKRON, Ohio — A project in Ohio to turn shipping containers into homes for traveling artists is moving ahead. The plan is for the first artists to move in near downtown Akron this summer. A group called Akron Soul Train is behind the idea. They’re using a private grant and donations to get the project

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The natural gas boom that has hammered coal mines and driven down utility bills is hitting nuclear power plants, sending multi-billion-dollar energy companies in search of a financial rescue in states where competitive electricity markets have compounded the effect. Fresh off victories in Illinois and New York, the nuclear power industry is

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on and is going back to the drawing board in a search for Republican consensus behind legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax system. The administration’s first attempt to write legislation is in its early stages and the White House has kept much of